A visit to the Zion Cemetery ...
Introduction ...
Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. As an example and without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery had actually been buried elsewhere.
We discovered that his burial plans had changed at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.
Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.
The Location of the Zion Cemetery ...
We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Zion Cemetery:
40.6337, -84.7814
Note: The GPS location that we are using for the Zion Cemetery can be traced back to the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)<1>
The Zion Cemetery is located in Mercer County<2>.
The county seat for Mercer County is located in Celina. Celina lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> to the east southeast of the Zion Cemetery .
Open a Google Map centered on the Zion Cemetery.
List of nearby cemeteries ...
Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 8 miles [12.9 km] of the Zion Cemetery.<4>
We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first.
- Liberty Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- St. Pauls Lutheran Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- St. Pauls UCC Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- East Bethel Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- The East Bethel Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bethel Cemetery
- Duck Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- The Duck Creek Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duck Creek Cemetery
- St. Marys Catholic Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Skeels Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- The Skeels Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Cemetery
- Landfair Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- The Landfair Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landfair Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- The Liberty Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Cemetery
- Fountain Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coats Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- The Coats Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coats Cemetery
- Tricker Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- The Tricker Cemetery is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tricker Cemetery
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Lufborrow Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Crawford Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- The Crawford Cemetery is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crawford Cemetery
- Daugherty Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- The Daugherty Cemetery is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daugherty Cemetery
- Lutheran Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Lutheran Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutheran Cemetery
- Live Oak Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- The Live Oak Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Live Oak Cemetery
- Zimerman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Zimerman Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zimerman Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Willshire Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- The Willshire Cemetery is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willshire Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- The Bunker Hill Cemetery is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bunker Hill Cemetery
- Bunker Hill Amish Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Old Brethren Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- The Old Brethren Cemetery is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Brethren Cemetery
- The Old Brethren Cemetery has also been known as:
- Bear Creek Cemetery
- Bearcreek Cemetery
- Boehm Cemetery
- Chapel Hill Cemetery
- Frank Boehm Farm Cemetery
- Macklin Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2194239 <5>
- Zion State Line Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- The Zion State Line Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion State Line Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Zion State Line Cemetery is located 8 miles [12.9 km]<3> to the north of Fort Recovery.
- The Zion State Line Cemetery has also been known as:
- State Line Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #43583 <5>
- Friends Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Friends Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friends Cemetery
- Otterbein Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- The Otterbein Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otterbein Cemetery
- Riverside Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- The Riverside Cemetery is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.
List of neighboring communities ...
The following 27 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Zion Cemetery, with the nearest first:
- Skeels Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Skeels Crossroads is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skeels Crossroads
- Scudder
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Scudder is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scudder
- Jay City
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Jay City is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay City
- Wabash
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Wabash is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabash
- Trinity
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Trinity is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trinity
- Willshire
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Tama
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Tama is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tama
- Rockford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Schumm
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Schumm is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schumm
- Geneva
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Abanaka
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Abanaka is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abanaka
- Berne
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Pleasant Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Macedon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Macedon is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macedon
- Earley ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Earley is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earley
- Mercer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Mercer is located in Mercer County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mercer
- Bryant
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Glenmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Glenmore is located in Van Wert County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenmore
- Wren
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Monroe
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Coppess Corner is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coppess Corner
- Celina
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ohio City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Bloomfield
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bloomfield is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomfield
- Antiville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
- Antiville is located in Jay County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antiville
- Coldwater
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Linn Grove
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Linn Grove is located in Adams County (IN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linn Grove
For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.
Nearby communities with newspapers ...
The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Zion Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Mercer County.
More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Zion Cemetery.
We've listed the following communities alphabetically.
- Berne
- Celina
- Coldwater
- Ohio City
- Willshire
Websites to help with your research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Zion Cemetery:
- Pages specific to Ohio:
- Pages specific to Mercer County:
- Genealogy information for nearby counties:
- Cemetery Information and Directories:
Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...
Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Zion Cemetery:
- Referenced GNIS Record ...
- GNIS ID #1048257 (Zion Cemetery)
- Note: In 2021, GNIS record #1048257 was archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website. In the past, the GNIS record contained the following information:
- BGN Class: cemetery
- County: Mercer
- Est. Elev: 255 (in feet)
- Topo Map Name: Willshire
- Location given for Zion Cemetery:
- Lat: 40.6336579 Lon: -84.7813515
- Open a Google Map centered on the above location.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Zion Cemetery) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), be assured that it's not complete and we're still searching for cemeteries to add. |
| <5> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <6> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |